Frozen confection dispenser



Sept. 25, 1945. 1. KING EIAL FROZEN CQNFECTION DISPENSER Filed Aug. 14, 1944 /e1 /A 6/i7/v BY I fl'rroleyg.

Fatented Sept. 25 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FROZEN CONFECTION msrnnsnn Irving King and Bertha R. Burg,

. Los Angeles, Calif.

Application August 14, 1944, Serial No. 549,464

2 Claims.

confections, from which small portions of theproducts are'removed and dispensed to fill individual orders.

Heretofore, the general practice of filling individual orders of ice cream and the like, is to remove the cover of the can or container and then remove therefrom with a spoon or scoop the desired amount of the frozen product, such procedure tending to produce rapid melting and softening of the exposed portion of the product, besides being unsanitary to a considerable extent, due to the constant re-use of a scoop or dipper generally stored on an exposed shelf or counter, while not in use, and the repeated movements of the hand and arm into the can while removing the dispensed portion therefrom. Our invention contemplates a dispensing apparatus including a practically airtight cover removably positioned on the large can or container, with a scraper mounted for operation on the underside of said cover and with means on top of the cover for actuating said scraper to cut away the upper portion of the body of ice cream in the can and deliver same into a service glass or other receptacle supported on said cover, thus providing a dispensing service which is rapid, highly effective and entirely sanitary.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, our invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. l is a top plan view of thedispenser.

Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary section taken on the.

line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the confection scraper and its shaft.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail section of a bearing in the cover plate.

Fig. 6 is a horizontal section taken on the line 66 of Fig.2.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged section taken on the line 1-1 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged, cross section taken on the line 88 of Fi 3.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawing which illustrate a preferred embodiment of our invention, i0 designates a can adapted to contain several gallons of ice cream or other frozen confection and removably positioned on the top thereof and held by a screw II or the like, is a cover plate I2.

Arranged to slide freely within can It below cover plate I2 is a plate l3 and formed therein to one side of the center thereof is a row of short concentric slots l4 having inclined ends as seen in Fig. 8.

Secured on top of cover ll over the slots I4 is a shallow housing I5, and secured to the top thereof is the lower end of a tube I5 which has a sliding fit through an opening I! in cover II.

The upper end of tube It is connected by a flexible tube {8 to the intake side of a suction pump I9, having a discharge spout 20 for delivering the confection into a suitable receptacle, for instance, a glass cup C positioned on top of cover plate I2;

Mounted for rotation in the centers of plates I2 and I3 is a vertical shaft 2| having a longitudinal key way 22, and mounted for relative sliding movement on said shaft is a bevelled pinion 23 which engages an antifriction bearing 24 on plate I! and said pinion having a key 25 which engages in key way 22.

This shaft 2| may be rotated manually or as shown, by a small slow speed electric motor 26 mounted on plate I2, the shaft of which motor carries a bevelled pinion 21, which engages pinion 23 and a bevelled pinion 28 on the shaft of pump It! also engages pinion 23.

A horizontal arm 29 projects laterally from the lower end of shaft 2| beneath plate l3 and secured to the underside of said arm is a combined cutting and scraping blade 30, which is slightly inclined crosswise as seen in Fig. 7.

When cover plate I2 is secured on top of a can, the latter and its contents are practically sealed against the atmosphere, dust and the like, and to dispense a small portion of the contents of the can, motor 26 is operated and due to the conjoined pinions 21, 23 and 28, shaft 2| and pump I9 will be operated.

Scraper 30 carried by arm 29 will plow through the upper portion of the body of frozen confection, thereby loosening a thin layer which is carried around beneath plate l3 until the apertures H are reached, whereupon the suction of the pump draws the cut portion of the confection upward through said apertures, through tube l5 and flexible tube It! and from spout 20, said conigcilaion is delivered into the cup C or other recepice cream is thus cut away and dispensed. I

the plate is, acting as a follower, moves downward with the lowering level of the body of the confection,.withshaft 2i and tube I! sliding throuzh Thus it will be seen that we have provided a frozen confection dispensing device which is simple in structure, inexpensive of manufacture and the functions for very effective in performing which it is'intended.. i s

It will be understood that minor changes in I the size, form and construction of the-various parts of our improved dispenser may be made and substituted for those shown and described herein without departing from the spirit of the invention, the scope of which is set forth in the appended claims.

We claim as our invention:

' assume Y L In an ice cream dispenser, a cover plate adapted to be positioned on a container, a plate disposed below said 'cover plate. a shaft mounted to rotate in b'o'th plates and to slide through said cover plate, a scraper carried by said shaft below said second mentioned plate. there being openings formed in said second mentioned plate, a

' hood over said openings, a duct leading from said hood upwardly through said cover plate, a pump mounted on said .cover plate to which pump said .duct is connected and means for simultaneously driving said shaft and pump. v

2. An ice cream dispenser as set forth in claim 1 and which shaft and pum driving means is carried by said cover plate. I v IRVING KING.

BERTHA R. BURG- 

